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| Project: | Fill PDF |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | minor |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed (fixed) |
Issue Summary
Hi,
I am very pleased to have found this module, it seems to fit what I need, but I would just like to clarify a point or two. We are using drupal as a customer services site so our onsite engineers log in and give a description of what has broken & fixed etc and do updates, explanations etc. Later, we export this and print an invoice. We are hoping we can use this to create an invoice on the fly and print on-site immediately.
Some questions:
1. Does this use normal security, e.g. so only the users able to view the node itself can also view the pdf?
2. Does fillpdf create a new pdf each time on the fly or are they stored (or can be?). I am thinking about archiving for later auditing.
3. Could we somehow email this pdf out automatically?
4. Could you use a check box on the form to select the form or append other forms? (For example, say the call out was to do with Viruses, we would like to include a virus info sheet with the invoice).
any which way, I think we'll be using this module - how can we make a donation or sponsor it?
Thanks,
Paul.
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#1
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#3
Hey guys, I'm totally out of of business for the next month or two. Graduating and job-hunting -- soon as I settle, I'll be back on to fix bugs
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#5
In addition to this (i'd especially love emailing the pdf out automatically - trying to figure out how to do it through Triggers)...
Is there any way that, if you're using webform/webformtokens, the site admin can download a pdf using the submission number AND/or rather than the node id? My pdf has the user filling out a webform that generates a filled-out pdf contract for them to print, but I need to be able to get a copy to myself as well without them having to email it to me. The best way that I can figure is include a variable for node/submission id of the webform in the download URL, but i'm not sure how to go about doing it.
Thank you!
#6
I would love to see this feature implemented too! Besides this, there must be some way to limit users to being able to download only PDF files generated from their own data. Right now there's no such restriction and anyone who knows the URL can download PDF files generated by any user. The developer seems rather busy. Is there someone else who can take care of this. This is an excellent module and adding these features would greatly improve the usability of this module.
#7
Vic,
I was re-reading the FillPDF module form and think you might have found a solution to a problem of mine... You were talking about the need for access permissions, and said that anyone who knows the URL to a PDF can get a form filled with anyone else's information. I'm desiring to run a website where a user fills out a form, which generates a PDF via FillPDF that they can download - but I need a copy of the form as well (it's a contract agreement). Giving them a dynamic link to download the PDF after filling out the form is easy, but I can't manage to get pull that same info/link when logged in as the admin.
Any help from anyone in fact would be seriously appreciated.
#8
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#10
Done ala r324538
I've been going back and forth on this. I'll see if I can't at least make that an option, anyone else interested in this?
My next project after uploading images to the PDF. Soon!
I'm still trying to think of the best way to this kinda stuff. Tabs on nodes, checkboxes from a block. I'll get back to you on this. Anyone have similar ideas?
#11
I am definitely interested in this feature (i.e., archiving/storing the PDFs that have been created)!
Thanks for a great module.
#12
Interested in archiving option.
#13
Just +1-ing the e-mail option
#14
Regarding point 4.
Maybe another input ... I'm doing it in my custom nodes via nodeapi view hook, to display a select box + print button. The content-type itself offers options, how to filter the values of the select box.
Maybe this idea streamlined would yield a proper solution.
#15
Please work on adding a function to email it out. +1 from me.
#16
+1 for "email this pdf out automatically" from me as well.
...would rules integration work for this?
Thanks for this great module!
#17
Emailing the PDF has been separated into its own issue at #1041114: Automatically email the PDF upon generation. Those of you would like it, please comment over there as there is some figuring out to do as to how it would work.
And anyone else is free to create a dedicated issue for any of the other features here (like archiving) that they would like. I can tell you that they'll get a bit better attention that way.
#18
Thanks for doing that, wizonesolutions
#19
All who are interested in sending upon generation: make sure that you are subscribed to http://drupal.org/node/1041114
I just added a comment about a ChipIn campaign I whipped up to help fund the feature and hopefully make it happen faster. Check out #1041114 for details.
#20
Feature 2 is possible now with saving the PDFs to a directory (and you can still have them downloaded), though if you use the link, the PDF will always be re-generated. You'd have to link them directly to the saved one to re-use.
Feature 4 is probably something to be done custom right now...although you might need a hook_fillpdf_merge_pdf_alter() or something for that to be able to append the data (it would call the appropriate concatenation function for you). Let me know if you're interested. Closing this for now as the main features have their own issues.
#21
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.